Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary Circa 5 Metres North West of the Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1987. Headstone.

Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary Circa 5 Metres North West of the Tower

WRENN ID
quartered-buttress-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheltenham
Constituency
Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 February 1987
Type
Headstone
OS grid reference
SO 969 240
Coordinates
51.91457, -2.04541
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an unidentified monument located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary, approximately 5 metres north-west of the tower. It may date back to the medieval period and is likely a headstone or possibly a boundary stone. The monument has a segmental head and stands about 0.5 metres tall, with a thickness of around 12 centimetres. It features an equal-armed cross in relief set against a sunken circular background. This monument could be the earliest feature in the churchyard.

Local climate

Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary Circa 5 Metres North West of the Tower receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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